Maine Memory Network

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"People spent their days toiling long hours to produce the basic necessities of life for themselves and their immediate family."

Cumberland & North Yarmouth - Brothers of the Civil War

"The scene was chaotic. “We were short of officers, our remaining line officers barely sufficing to furnish each company with a commander, some…"

Lubec, Maine - The Lighthouse at West Quoddy Head

"… two 10-inch whistles were in operation 1,402 hours, consuming 128,085 pounds of coal.” By the turn of the century, the Canadian-invented Diaphone…"

Lubec, Maine - Canning Sardines in Lubec: Technology, the Syndicate and Labor

"87). Judging from the teenagers and children in the group portrait, families must have been among the employees staying in the housing."

Surry by the Bay - Surry Opera Company

"Over the years the group traveled beyond the the Soviet Union and post-collapse Russia, visiting Canada, France and Japan."

Skowhegan Community History - Abenakis in the Norridgewock/Skowhegan Area

"I teach catechism to the children and young people. The rest of the morning is set for listening to the people that need to talk to me."

New Portland: Bridging the Past to the Future - North New Portland Village

"Many children have spent hours playing in this water. Charles B. Clark came from Industry, ME and settled on the Bog Road (Rt."

Western Maine Foothills Region - Leonard Trask, the Wonderful Invalid

"He could work no more than an hour at a time before he needed to rest. The next year he improved, but his cattle suffered from a disease known as…"

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Henry Knox

"Georges River in Thomaston. There he intended to "embark [his] all on the attempt to promote the settlement and prosperity of the District of Maine,"…"

Farmington: Franklin County's Shiretown - Railroad into the Village

"Quite a crowd of men, women and children collected on the brow of the hill near the residence of H. B. Stoyell, Esq."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Building Community and Commerce

"The work was demanding, with no set hours. Workers rushed to the factory whenever the whistle blew. The conditions were dismal."

Thomaston: The Town that Went to Sea - Raymond Wallace

"Before I was 25 I had had 5 children. How did you get your clothing? My mother made the majority of our clothing."

John Martin: Expert Observer - About This Project

"None of John and Clara Martin's children had any children of their own. When John Junior, the last surviving of the Martin children, died in October…"

Historic Hallowell - Child Labor

"It took many years for the U.S to stop child labor. In 1813 Connecticut said that children must have schooling in order to work."

Strong, a Mussul Unsquit village - Strong's History - Page 2 of 4

"I planned to open the door one-half hour before the children came. Sometimes I built a fire in a long stove, using odd pieces of discarded shovel…"

Historic Hallowell - Hallowell Schools

"Usually, older children would work in the factories in the morning and attend secondary school for a small part of the day."

Lubec, Maine - S.S. Cumberland: Steamer Brought Passengers and Prosperity to Lubec but Met Tragic End

"John, N.B., only half an hour before … International Steamship Landing The landing, built with funds raised by local businessmen, brought…"

Historic Clothing Collection - 1870-1890 - Page 1 of 4

"On the other hand, speedier sewing encouraged extra detailing in fashionable garments. In the 1860s and 1870s small thread mills, such as the Haskell…"

Buck Memorial Library

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Bowdoin College Library

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Farmington Public Library

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South Bristol Historical Society

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Walker Memorial Library

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John Martin: Expert Observer - Canoe race, Kenduskeag Stream, Bangor, 1865

"Sockalexis the General Sherman, John Fransoway and Mitchel Peopl Susup the General Sheridan, Sappiel Sockalexis and Louis Sockabasin the…"